farfalle 1

460 x 460

dip-dyeing, drawing, stitching
painting, assemblage

 Japanese mulberry paper, washi, threads
cardboard box, acrylic paints, sand
gauze, canvas board

Farfalle is an Italian word for butterfly.
The dip-dyed pre-shaped wings were made while I was in Japan, but it was in Italy that the drawings were done. At the time I was studying butterfly wings for a London commission.
But it was years later, in Australia, that all the pieces came together in homage to the beauty of butterflies of all nations.